Greetings,What's in it for me? That's a question we all ask when sitting in front of a teacher or speaker or someone who is taking upour time. It is...
This week~ "Cooperative Learning 365~" an EducationWorld Facebook fan~ asks:
Should students be given weekly spelling tests?
ANSWER: First of all...
Being an observer in a classroom can be extremely enlightening or extremely frustrating. Students can be engaged in learning or engaged in what they...
Some will say that teachers shouldn't offer incentives in their classroom, I am not one of them. I think just like adults appreciate being recognized...
How can new teachers be prepared for the challenges of the urban classroom? College professor Dave Weiss, who taught for more than 30 years in...
Kung Hei Fat Choy!That's Happy New Year in Chinese.2012 is the Year of the dragon, the most honored of all years of the Chinese zodiac. On the...
Imagine, knowing that your birthday would always fall on the same day each and every year. Would it be helpful if you knew that all holidays would...
Starting off with something so simple, the first task to change your classroom to a haven of learning is to grab some Popsicle sticks from a craft...
Using current events in the classroom-new idea:Love to snowboard? Seems a crow in Russia does, too. Caught on video, a hooded crow found a round...
Editor's Note: This week's post comes from Dave Weiss, a college professor who teaches in the education department.
The title of this post can be...
Editor's Note: This week's post comes from Dave Weiss~ a college professor who teaches in the education department.
In the period of time that I...
With the Martin Luther King holiday coming~ I wanted to share a webquest I developed on the minister and civil rights leader. Martin Luther King once...
Using current events in the classroom as a cross curricular activity...Perhaps~ your students might want to follow Helen Skelton's attempt to be the...
Student recognition in the classroom is a necessity to keep students working their hardest. It becomes easy to overlook the student who is always...
Space shuttles lifting off and landing on run-ways~space probes to distant worlds~ and an international space station~ all had their beginning with...
Can you name the most annoying word? For the third straight year~the winning irritating word is..."whatever". A poll conducted by Marist College...
Behavior management is typically not a widely covered topic in university teacher education classes. I suppose that is because there are so many...
Editor's Note: This week's post comes from Education World Editor Celine Provini.The recent msnbc.com story School on defensive after telling parents...
This might be another news story to discuss with young people.Alexander Graham Bell~ famed for his invention of the telephone~is in the news....
Editor's Note: Today's guest post comes from Dr. Scott Taylor~ an educator from New Jersey.
Hire character. Train skill. ~ Peter Schutz
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